It's a fact! Dallas has a Hip-Hop scene! AND it's a fact that Dallas Hip-Hop is under rated. Well… as I sat down to listen to more music in my inbox, I got a text from T, "check this link out. It's classified G-14 lol". After digging and researching, I found out about, "The D.O.C., Justin Night (JT Mohrle), and Dr. Dre.”
Thanks to the staff at Dallas-based D Magazine, I have what some will scratch their head to. I went to JT's Instagram and let me tell you he's not missing a photo op. His studio sessions include the likes of the Aftermath team, Xzibit, BJ The Chicago Kid, Gwen Stefani, and more.
Read this now and believe me later… Network with like minded souls! Dallas native D.O.C. put JT in the hands of Dr. Dre. Straight Outta Garland to California, this 23-year old white rapper seems to be the industry’s next biggest mystery. Yep, now everyone knows his name and will see his Instagram, but music...you'll have to wait on it. The boys have erased him from the net except for a few tracks that still won't give you a definitive answer to why Dre is making JT his goto guy.
Mohrle has been in the lab mirroring the studio ethic of Tupac when he first landed on Death Row Records. JT has moved to the west coast and is grinding out 13-hour sessions at Record One. The Sherman Oaks, California studio has been Dre’s second home for the past decade and JT considers it to be his second home as well.
What is Dre currently working on? One can only speculate. In his interview all JT can admit to is that he's spent nearly every minute since touching down in L.A. writing lyrics in the studio. But he can’t revel where these lyrics will end up. One thing is for sure...The Triple D has another claim in Hip-Hop history, and it's by the way of a 23-year old white rapper. This could open up the door for the hidden heat that pounds through the speakers of the DFW metroplex.
A message to all artist...Open-Mics means that a stage is open AND you're never too big for a new fan. JT has been touching stages around the metroplex and beyond amassing a following that grew into a snowball that caught the attention of the people who propelled him into the right direction. Some of my Dallas readers will scratch their heads and say, "I ain't heard of this cat". Well, pride didn't stop him from going where some won't go. #IJS
The running theme in the Triple D is, 0 to none "real connections", which leads to, a lack of exposure. “I think that from top to bottom, Dallas as a city has been lacking in the unity that it takes to push one another forward,” The D.O.C. says, in the D Magazine interview. He goes on to say, “When I drive around California, I hear my shit every day. When I’m in Dallas, I very rarely hear any of my stuff. [The mindset in Dallas] is like, you don’t love yours. You’d rather hear theirs. And that’s not to say that theirs is no good. But there’s a lot of people in Dallas that deserve airtime.”
All I can say is hmmm! Currently my spotlight is on a few DJs and you know who you are because we talk socially on social media ;) and the artist you see me with and a couple who I'm proud to be a part of their movement. We Love music around the office and my office is everywhere. So keep on sending material to alesliemacevent@gmail.com and let's put every music market on the map!
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